User manual

MCP3905A/06A ENERGY METER

REFERENCE DESIGN

Preface

INTRODUCTION

This chapter contains general information that will be useful to know before using the

MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design. Items discussed in this chapter

include:

• Document Layout

• Conventions Used in this Guide

• Recommended Reading

• The Microchip Web Site

• Customer Support

• Document Revision History

DOCUMENT LAYOUT

This document describes how to use the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference

Design as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The

manual layout is as follows:

• Chapter 1. “Product Overview” – Important information about the

MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design.

• Chapter 2. “Installation and Operation” – Provides a detailed description of

each block, as well as instructions on how to get started with this board.

• Appendix A. “Schematics and Layouts” – Shows the schematic and board

layout diagrams for the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design.

• Appendix B. “Bill Of Materials (BOM)” – Lists the parts used to build the

MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design.

NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS

All documentation becomes dated, and this manual is no exception. Microchip tools and

documentation are constantly evolving to meet customer needs, so some actual dialogs

and/or tool descriptions may differ from those in this document. Please refer to our web site

(www.microchip.com) to obtain the latest documentation available.

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“DSXXXXXA”, where “XXXXX” is the document number and “A” is the revision level of the

document.

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